Re: "Millions of Anti-Semites Around the Globe Cannot Be All Wrong"
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Re: "Millions of Anti-Semites Around the Globe Cannot Be All Wrong"         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Jerry Kraus
Date: Aug 24, 2008 13:05

On Aug 24, 2:50 pm, Bret Cahill aol.com> wrote:
> A common argument for anti-semitism:  "All these _different_ ethnic
> groups all over the earth hate the Jews.  With all that diversity they
> can't all be wrong."
>
> That can be retired right now.  What's really going on is the macro
> version of Jonathan Swift and Einstein's quotes on the micro:
>
> The resistance of dunces to genius / great spirits.
>
> Bret Cahill

Well, and also, most people hate everyone other than themselves.
Antisemitism is largely just undifferentiated hatred. Jews are not
the only target. Just one of the targets.
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